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Ter-Ovanesyan became the first European long jumper to break the 8 meter barrier. He broke the European long jump record eight times and the world long jump record twice. In 1963, he won the United States Indoor Championships. Ter-Ovanesyan had the annual world's best long jumps in 1962, 1966, 1967 and 1969.
- 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
- 78 kg (172 lb)
- І́гор Ара́мович Тер-Ованеся́н
- 19 May 1938 (age 85), Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan is a former Soviet athlete who won two Olympic bronze medals and two world records in long jump. He also coached several successful jumpers and worked as a sports official in Russia.
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan was a Soviet long jumper who won two Olympic bronze medals and four European titles. He also set two world records and coached several champions in athletics.
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Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, a former long jumper and world champion, talks about his childhood, sports career and political system in the Soviet Union. He shares his memories of competing in the 1956 Olympics, meeting Americans and facing discrimination in his own country.
May 17, 2020 · The archives show that the American took Ter-Ovanesyan for a first meeting with a CIA agent, where they were shadowed by a team of six CIA men in three cars to make sure that the KGB was not ...
Learn from a former World Record holder and Soviet national coach how to improve your long jump performance. Find out his views on takeoff, runup, landing, conditioning, and weight training for the event.
Mar 12, 2024 · Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, who holds the world record in the broad jump, and I traveled to the Carpathian Mountains for our vacation last summer. We pledged not to do any jumping or weight lifting,...
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